पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · September 30, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: रमा एकादशी — Ramā Ekādaśī
Lakṣmī (Ramā) granted boon to King Mucukunda.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.00°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra104.49°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.45°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha186.49°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.61°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra207.22°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani195.60°TulāSvātī P3

Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:34 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:14 – 08:42
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:40
Gulika Kāla13:08 – 14:37
Varjyam06:15 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:45 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:14 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:42 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:40 – 13:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:08 – 14:37 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:37 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:06 – 17:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:34 – 19:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:06 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:37 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:08 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:40 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:42 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:14 – 05:45 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868100.27
Julian Day2456565.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0450°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.29°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0450°), declination -2.80°, EoT 10.84 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-09-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)